Concerning base metals, zinc is expected to gain as the sector continues to balance its demand - supply deficit in the near term, following plant closures in 2015. (resourceworld.com)
Last year, when load - shedding reached its peak over a three - year period, the economy recorded its lowest growth in 15 years: expanding by 3.9 percent mainly, on due to a slump in commodities prices and energy supply deficit, which affected the manufacturing, industries and services sectors... the biggest contributors to the country's GDP. (ghanapoliticsonline.com)
High oil prices in 2007 and 2008 were due to a large and persistent production supply deficit because of high demand from China and the Far East, and dwindling supplies following the peak of conventional oil production in 2005 (Figures 15 and 17). (oilprice.com)